Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Bank of America is one of the world's leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses, large corporations and governments with a full range of financial and risk management products and services.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the marketing name for the Global Banking and Markets businesses. Combining local knowledge and global expertise, we offer products and services across Global Corporate and Investment Banking, and Global Markets. With a presence in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for more than 90 years, we have offices in 21 countries across three continents serving the needs of corporate, institutional and government clients.

Across the company, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better, through the power of every connection. We deliver on this through responsible growth with a focus on our environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership. ESG is embedded across our business and reflects how we help fuel the global economy, build trust and credibility, and represent a company that people want to work for, invest in and do business with. It is demonstrated in the inclusive and supportive workplace we create for our employees, the responsible products and services we offer our clients, and the impact we make around the world in helping local economies thrive.

An important part of this work is forming strong partnerships with not-for-profits and advocacy groups, such as community, consumer and environmental organisations, to bring together our collective networks and expertise to achieve greater impact.

Technology underpins everything we do and our investment in this space allows us to develop and deploy leading-edge technology in areas such as mobile and online banking, payments processing, technology infrastructure, cyber security, risk, capital- and enterprise data management. Our mainframe environment is the third largest in the world.

Being a diverse and inclusive company has been a long-time priority for our CEO and his entire management team, and we see that commitment across our entire company – in our diverse workforce that allow us to bring our clients around the world, different perspectives that serve their unique needs; through programmes that support our employees; and in response to social issues that affect communities around the world. Our inclusive workplace allows all employees to be themselves, achieve personal success and contribute to the responsible growth of our company.

Across the company, Bank of America Merrill Lynch has a long heritage of supporting women’s economic empowerment and leadership, both through external partnerships and within our own organisation. Recent recognition for this work includes being cited as a leader in the annual Bloomberg Financial Services Gender-Equality Index; winning Women in Banking & Finance’s 2016 Team Diversity Award; and being honoured as Euromoney’s 2017 World’s Best Bank for Corporate Social Responsibility and their 2016 World’s Best Bank for Diversity.